Friday, March 19, 2010

Hard Work + Execution + MAS = Career Success!!

According to Wall Street titan Carla Harris, it takes more than hard work and execution to guarantee career success. You must also have three keys relationships. Harris, a managing director at Morgan Stanley is the author of Expect to Win (Plume). She says having a mentor, advisor and sponsor are essential to victory. The Harvard alumna recently defined those terms on It’s Payday!

These people aren’t just sitting around waiting to advance your career. You have to reach out to them. Harris shares advice on how to look for and recruit these players to your success team. She also gives pointers on how to pitch yourself to them.

We have all heard people say, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
That is why it’s important to develop relationships with people who have juice in your organization. Your career will explode once they are willing use their influence to your benefit.

Carla Harris has more pearls of wisdom at http://www.carlaspearls.com/

DISCLOSURE: The publisher provided a publicity copy of this book.